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Sergeant ERNEST WILLIAM BATES

Service Number: 270
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

27th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 07 August 1916

Buried or commemorated at

PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY

II. D. 28.

France

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of William Henry and Rebecca Bates, of 22, Loch St., St. Peters, South Australia.
  • Personal Inscription A LOVING SON AND BROTHER GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN
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Buried or commemorated at

PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1763
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